Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Dominion Mine (Old Dominion Shaft; Globe And Transit Mine; Old Dominion And United Globe Mine), Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion Vein System, Globe, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 6831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Dominion Mine (Old Dominion Shaft; Globe And Transit Mine; Old Dominion And United Globe Mine), Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion Vein System, Globe, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grey Shaft
Josh Billings Claims
Maggie Vein

Latitude: 33°25'9"N
Longitude: 110°46'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.419166666667,-110.78166666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	0		3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	57.2	54.4	0		966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	57.2	54.4	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	0		27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	57.2	54.4	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.2	54.4	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.2	54.4	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	57.2	54.4	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	57.2	54.4	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	57.2	54.4	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	57.2	54.4	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	57.2	54.4	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	57.2	54.4	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	54.4	0		24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	57.2	54.4	0		188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.2	54.4	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	57.2	54.4	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	0		12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	57.2	54.4	0		915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.2	54.4	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	54.4	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	57.2	54.4	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	54.4	0		21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	57.2	54.4	0		332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	57.2	54.4	1	138372	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	57.2	54.4	0		2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000367	57.2	54.4	55.8±1.4	K-Ar				UAKA-69-10		Yes				24945	Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Globe Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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